Cash-recorder



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OASH RECORDER.

No. 448,481. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

IUMTTED STATES PATENT @rrron.

ABRAHAM O. FRICK, OF WAYNESBOROUGI-I, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASH-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,481, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No. 365,057. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM O. FRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVaynesbor-ough, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash- Recorders andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improvement in cashrecorders; and it consists of the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated several forms in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, and the said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a money-drawer with my improved recorder attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section through the casing of the recorder on line no or, Fig. 1, showing the parts located therein. Fig. 2 is a detail of part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of a slight modification of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of still other modifications of my invention.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, A is a desk or casing provided with a cash-drawer B, both of which may be of any desired construction and O is the casing of my improved recorder, which may be attached in any suitable manner. Within the casing O is mounted a feed-roll D, preferably provided with a friction-surface of rubber or other suitable material, and said roll is also provided with means for imparting motion thereto by the opening or closing of the drawer B. In this instance I provide the roll D with a ratchet d, and in the forward part of the casing O, I pivot an operating-lever E at 6 having a pawl e engaging said ratchet. The free end of the leverE is provided with a cam-surface e, which is in position to be engaged by a lug or projecting part F, secured to the drawer or forming part of the same. A spring (2 holds the lever E normally in position to be engaged by the part connected with the drawer, and returns it to normal position after it has been operated. It will thus be seen that by pulling the drawer out the lever will be raised and a feeding movement of feedroll D will result. I may also locate a springtappet 61, provided with a bell-hammer, in the path of the ratchet cl, and locate a bell beneath said hammer, so that each movement of the ratchet will'produce a stroke upon the bell.

The record is kept upon a traveling web of paper or other suitable material, which is unwound from a supply-roll. This paper-supply roll G is mounted in a yoke H, which is pivoted at the forward end of the casing G, and preferably upon the same pivot e as the leverE for compactness of parts. The lower surface of the roll rests upon the feedroll, and the paper is passed from the roll G over the feed-roll in such a manner that a movement of the feed-roll will feed the paper between it and the paper-roll G, and I prefer to create a sufficient tension to pass the paper around the forward or pivoted end of the yoke, as shown in Fig. 2. I may, however, draw the paper forward and around the paper-roll and pass it directly over the feedingroll, if desired.

The casing G is provided with a hinged or pivoted telescoping cover 0, which is pivoted at some desirable point, preferably on the pivot of the lever E and yoke II. This cover is so constructed as to rest upon the paperroll when the latter is in place, and to follow downward or telescope by its own gravity as the paper is wound off of the roll and the latter diminish gradually in size. The coverO' is provided with a recording slot or aperture 0, which is provided with a glass 0, shorter than said aperture, leaving an open space just above the roll in a radial line from its center through which the desired entries are made upon the paper. In this manner astationary table is dispensed with and the entries are made directly upon the paper-roll, which serves itself as a table, as will be readily seen.

The weight of the cover 0' is upon the roll and makes a tension at the point of contact, and the combined weight of the cover 0 and the roll upon the feed-roll makes a tension at this point.

A stiff spring D is secured to some part of the frame or casing, as shown in Figs. 2 and 2, and bears against the friction-surface of the feed-roll, and'when the paper is started the end is simply placed beneath the said spring, which will hold the paper against the feed-roll and insure the proper feeding of the same from the very first movement of the feed-roll. This spring also enables me to use the tension arrangements before described, whereby the paper is kept very taut and is evenly and accurately fed after each record.

In-order to keep the parts located within easing G from being tampered with and the record changed or destroyed, I provide a flexible non-elastic connection between the telescoping cover 0 and the casing O, which consists in this instance ofthe chain 0 secured by a suitable lock, whereby the cover is permitted to be in its highest position when the roll is first inserted, and to telescope gradually from its casing, so that the contents are secure and yet the telescoping movement of the cover O is permitted. The chain orlink or other non-rigid connection may be disconnected when desired and the contents exposed by removing the locking device.

The operation is as follows: IVhen a sale has been made or money is to be expended, the drawer is pulled open, thereby operating the lever and the feed-roll, and the money is taken from or deposited in the drawer, a proper entry being made upon the paperroll. Thenext time the drawer is opened the feed-roll is again operated and thepaper fed so as to carry the previous entry below the glass, where it cannot be tampered with, and leaving a blank space for the next entry. This operationis repeated as often as money is received or expended, and the paper will be drawn gradually from the roll G and deposited upon the bottom of the casing O, as indicated in Fig. 2. The total amounts received and expended may be calculated at any time by adding up the columns of figures upon the paper-web, and the record of receipts and expenditures is thus accurately kept.

It will be understood that the recorder just described can be applied to almost any cashdrawer, or may be operated by pulling a knob or by any other means, if desired.

In Figs. 3 and at I have shown a slightly modified form of my invention. In this case the feed-roll D is mounted in the pivoted yoke II, and the paper-roll G is movably mounted above the same in vertical guides g g. A spring E, connected with the free end of yoke H and to the top C of the casing, holds the feed-roll up in engagement with the paperroll. In this case the cover 0 need not be made to telescope, as the spring will hold the friction-roll and the paper-roll up in their proper operative position. I may, however,

dispense with the spring and rest the free end of the yoke II upon a fixed projection, as shown in dotted lines at Z, Fig. 3, in which case the cover 0 would be pivoted, and would,

by its weight, hold the two rolls in operative position and telescope as the paper was gradually wound off of the paper-roll. In order to transmit motion to the ratchetd on the feedroll in this construction, I provide the yoke with a sliding bar (1 which is preferably slotted and secured to the said yoke by devices engaging said slot and permitting the longitudinal movement of the bar. One end of the bar 02 is provided with a pawl engaging the ratchet cl, and a spring 6V is int-erposed between the bar and yoke to hold it normally away from the ratchet. The pivotpin 9 to which the yoke is secured, (see Fig 4,) is bored out at one end, as shown at or, and a plunger (i is fitted therein, having a camshoulder 01*, which is adapted to engage the end of the bar d A spring d holds the plunger normally in its outward position and the shoulder out of engagement with the bar 01 The drawer is provided with a cam 19 to engage the head of the plunger and force it inward, thereby bringing the cam d in engagement with the bar (Z and moving said bar longitudinally, which movement imparts motion to the feed-roll Gr, as will be readily seen.

In Fig. 5 I have shown another modification of my invention,in which Ido not employ a pivoted top for the casing. In this case the feedroll D is made preferably of considerable size and is located beneath the glass, so that the record will be made upon the paper as it passes over the said feed-roll. The yoke H is secured to the pivot of the feed-roll and to the casing, and the trunnions of the paper-roll are placed in engagement with the arms of said yoke, which are provided with open slots to receive them. A spring or springs X holds the two rolls together to make the desired tension, and I may employ a supplemental tensionroller K, having its trunnions mounted in guides,.said rolls being held against the feedroll by spring-pressu re, as shown. In this instance the paper passes from the paper-supply roll over the feed-roll, beneath the glass, and thence beneath the tension-roll and down to the bottom of the casing. Motion is imparted to the feed-roll by means of the pawland-ratchet construction described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2, or in any other desired manner.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a form in which I dispense wit-h a pivoted yoke and mount the feed-roller D in the lower part of the casing with a vertically-extending slotted yoke H above the same, which receives the paper-roll G. The top 0' of the casing is not pivoted in this instance, but is arranged to telescope within the casing C, as shown. The top 0 of the casing will rest upon the top of paper-roll G and their combined weight constitute the tension between the feed-roll and the paperroll. As the paper-roll diminishes in size the top C of the casing follows downwardly and always rests upon the roll. The top 0 and easing G will be provided with the flexible non-elastic connection 0 described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Motion is imparted to the feed-roll in this case by the lever shown and described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

Instead of having the paper fed by the feedroll into the bottom of the box, I may wind the paper upon said feed-roll, as will be read ily understood. It will be noted that the paper passes from the supply-roll directly to the feed-roll in either case, and in all the forms shown and described one of said rolls is used as the table upon which to make the record, thus entirely dispensing with a table and all other intermediate apparatus between the supply-roll and the feed-roll. The paper passing from the paper-supply roll is received by the feed-roll and either wound upon the latter or fed into a suitable receptacle, as before described, and the term receive is used in this connection to include both of these actions of the feed-roll.

If desired, I may make the feed-roll removable, as well as the paper-supply roll, and when the paper has been wound from the supplyroll onto the feed-roll the two rolls may be removed, their positions reversed, and the paper wound from the former feed-roll onto the former paper-supply roll, which will now act as the feed-roller and the reverse side of the paper exposed beneath the recording-aperture, thus making it possible to use both sides of the paper.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a feed roll in frictional engagement with said paper-supply roll and adapted to be operated by a moving part, one of said rolls serving as a table to support the paper while the record is being made.

2. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a feed-roll in frictional engagement with said paper-supply roll and adapted to receive paper directly therefrom, one of said rolls serving as a table for supporting the paper while the record is being made, the said rolls having the one a movement toward the other to compensate for the diminution of the paper-roll, substantially as d escribed.

3. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a feed-roll frictionally engaging said paper-supply roll, and a drawer operatively connected with said feedroll, one of said rolls having a movement toward the other to compensate for the diminution of the paper-roll as the paper is withdrawn therefrom, substantially as described.

4. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a feed-roll frictionally engaging said paper-supply roll, the paper from the supply-roll engaging the feedroll at one or more points of its periphery, means for operating the feed-roll, an inclosing casing having a recording-aperture directly opposed to one of said rolls, the said casing and the roll opposite the aperture therein having the one a movement toward the other, substantially as described.

5. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a papersupply roll, a feed-roll in frictional engagement therewith, means for moving said feed-roll,-an inclosing casing engaging one of said rolls and having a recording-aperture adjacent to said roll, and means for holding said roll in contact and the easing in contact with the roll adjacent to the aperture therein, substantially as described.

6. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a feed-roll in frictional engagement therewith, means for moving said feed-rol1,a casing for containing said parts, having a telescoping top provided with a recording-aperture adjacent to one of said rolls, said top being adapted to telescope with respect to the casing, whereby said top is held by its own weight in engagement with its adjacent roll, substantially as described.

7. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a casing containing said parts, provided with a top movable with respect thereto, and a flexible non-elastic connection between said casing and top, permitting the movement of the latter without exposing the contents of the casing, substantially as described.

8. A cash-recorder comprising among its members a paper-supply roll, a pivoted yoke supporting the same, a feed-roll in frictional engagement with said paper-ro1l, means for moving the feed-roll, an inclosing casing, and a pivoted top therefor engaging the paperroll and having a recording-aperture adjacent thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM O. FRIOK.

Witnesses:

L. P. WHITAKER,

W. H. PUMPHREY. 

